# Craiglethy
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{{Short description|Island in Aberdeenshire, Scotland}}
{{distinguish|Craigleith}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
right|thumb|Skerry of Craiglethy
'''Craiglethy''' ([Scottish Gaelic](/source/Scottish_Gaelic): ''Creag Liathach'' - meaning grey rock) is a small island/skerry off [Fowlsheugh](/source/Fowlsheugh) on the east coast of [Aberdeenshire](/source/Aberdeenshire), [Scotland](/source/Scotland) in the [North Sea](/source/North_Sea). As it is part of Fowlsheugh, it is an [SSSI](/source/SSSI), with many seabirds and seals living on it. It is also one of the few islands on the east coast of Scotland, along with [Mugdrum Island](/source/Mugdrum_Island) and [Inchcape](/source/Inchcape), apart from the [Islands of the Forth](/source/Islands_of_the_Forth).
==Area history==
There are numerous prehistoric and historic features in the general vicinity of Craiglethy. Somewhat to the north are [Bronze Age](/source/Bronze_Age) [archaeological](/source/archaeological) sites at [Fetteresso](/source/Fetteresso_Castle)[C.Michael Hogan, [http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/10937/fetteresso.html#fieldnotes ''Fetteresso Fieldnotes'', The Modern Antiquarian (2008)]] and [Spurryhillock](/source/Spurryhillock).[Archibald Watt, ''Highways and Byways Around Kincardineshire'', The Stonehaven Heritage Society (1985)] Notable historical features include [Dunnottar Castle](/source/Dunnottar_Castle),